EVENTS: 100 Women Who Give event will award $10,000 to local charity

Francine Garland Stark, Executive Director of the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence, accepts the $10,000 award from Waterville Area Women’s Club member Stacy Whitcomb-Smith at last year’s 100 Women Who Give. This year’s event will be held April 10, at 6 p.m., at Snow Pond Center for the Arts, in Sidney. To purchase a ticket to attend or support, visit watervilleareawomensclub.org. (contributed photo)

Waterville Area Women’s Club will host its second annual “100 Women Who Give” event Thursday, April 10, at 6 p.m., at Snow Pond Center for the Arts, in Sidney, where attendees will cast live voting to select one local nonprofit to receive a $10,000 unrestricted gift.

The event invites women interested in supporting their community by contributing together as a group to increase impact. One hundred women will purchase a ticket for $100 each to raise $10,000. The evening includes food, presentations by selected nonprofits, music, in-person voting, followed by the awarding of the $10,000 gift to the selected organization, and an event celebration.

Waterville Area Women’s Club President Alisa Johnson said the club’s members started the event as an opportunity for women who wish to collectively have a greater impact on nonprofits that support women and children.

“As an individual, it’s often difficult to make a large financial impact alone, but as a group, we have the ability to make an immediate, direct, and positive impact in our communities, in ways we never thought possible,” Johnson said.

Last year’s “100 Women Who Give” event awarded $10,000 to Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence. Thanks to the generosity of more than 100 women in attendance, additional donations were awarded to the Waterville Community Dental Center and the Maine Children’s Home.

The three nonprofit organizations on the voting ballot this year include Camp to Belong, the Maine Women’s Lobby Education Fund, and the South End Teen Center.

To purchase a ticket to attend and/or vote on April 10, or to make a gift in support of 100 Women Who Give, visit the Waterville Area Women’s Club Facebook page or watervilleareawomensclub.org.

Waterville Area Women’s Club and its volunteer members support numerous local charities and service agencies in the greater Waterville area, with a focus on those that benefit women and children. The Club welcomes new female members. For more information, contact Alisa Johnson at 207-629-8317.